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Am 20.9.2024 um 22:29 schrieb Olaf_ZG:

Ella, SL2, SL lux, one strobe

Ella is a cleaning woman in our firm, outsourced ofcourse, as it goes in multinationals. Not sure why she tooks this job, as normally older women take this. Ella is young and could make may be better money either in a store or in horeca. But, this is not my business.

So, as I meet Ella daily, I asked her for a portrait. It took me weeks, but today she gave in. I wanted to portrait her strong, not vulnerable as she normally looks in her working outfit.

 

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It is absolutely great and looks like a Lith-Print.... 

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23 hours ago, Biotar said:

slightly overprocessed? - look at the earring

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One of our interns had this great glasses, so I asked if I could make a photo. As usual, SL2, SL lux, one strobe.

 

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On 9/20/2024 at 4:29 PM, Olaf_ZG said:

Ella, SL2, SL lux, one strobe

Ella is a cleaning woman in our firm, outsourced ofcourse, as it goes in multinationals. Not sure why she tooks this job, as normally older women take this. Ella is young and could make may be better money either in a store or in horeca. But, this is not my business.

So, as I meet Ella daily, I asked her for a portrait. It took me weeks, but today she gave in. I wanted to portrait her strong, not vulnerable as she normally looks in her working outfit.

 

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what a beautiful, strong character portrait - may I ask - looks like one strobe {as you say} but do you also have two small reflectors, positioned bottom left and right below the subject?

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3 hours ago, OR120 said:

what a beautiful, strong character portrait - may I ask - looks like one strobe {as you say} but do you also have two small reflectors, positioned bottom left and right below the subject?

I use one collapsible reflector which she is holding herself in front of her on waistlevel.

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Am 20.9.2024 um 22:29 schrieb Olaf_ZG:

Ella, SL2, SL lux, one strobe

Ella is a cleaning woman in our firm, outsourced ofcourse, as it goes in multinationals. Not sure why she tooks this job, as normally older women take this. Ella is young and could make may be better money either in a store or in horeca. But, this is not my business.

So, as I meet Ella daily, I asked her for a portrait. It took me weeks, but today she gave in. I wanted to portrait her strong, not vulnerable as she normally looks in her working outfit.

 

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Can you describe this picture a little bit more? It reminds me of the German/Bavarian analog-only photographer Martin Waldbauer who is making medium format Lith-Prints only and shoots Pentax 67… (please google/instagram him)

what lens was it? Summilux 50? Did you soften the background ?

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Ursula

S 2 + S 70

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vor 3 Stunden schrieb fda:

Das Bild gefällt. Obś aber den Heiligenschein braucht bin ich mir nicht sicher. Ist aber nicht entscheidend.

Gruß D.

... gerade diese doppelte Rahmung macht es doch aus, dass es mehr als nur gefällt 😉

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Leica M10 + 1950s Canon 50mm f1.2 LTM

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5 hours ago, Krusty said:

Can you describe this picture a little bit more? It reminds me of the German/Bavarian analog-only photographer Martin Waldbauer who is making medium format Lith-Prints only and shoots Pentax 67… (please google/instagram him)

what lens was it? Summilux 50? Did you soften the background ?

Background is a collapsible Lastolite, which I vignetted in post. The lens, SL summilux was at minimum focus distance, lighting with a flash through an  big umbrella, about 1,2m distance and rather high. She is holding a sunbounce reflector on waist level.

this is basically my setup for most of my portraits.

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vor 2 Stunden schrieb Olaf_ZG:

Background is a collapsible Lastolite, which I vignetted in post. The lens, SL summilux was at minimum focus distance, lighting with a flash through an  big umbrella, about 1,2m distance and rather high. She is holding a sunbounce reflector on waist level.

this is basically my setup for most of my portraits.

which focal length had the summilux?

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On 9/20/2024 at 4:57 PM, Olaf_ZG said:

To be fair, I am not happy with the lighting. My umbrella was too high, leaving a too big shadow under her nose and chin. Should slightly lower it.

I think it's fine like this, it helps bring even more attention to the eyes. If you wanted her to come across as strong, that you did!!

Very good processing and the grain adds a little texture and further tones her skin.

Sometimes "perfect" is just an accidental lighting error.

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